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Who Dey Revolution Manifesto

Preamble

IN THIS TIME of perpetual Cincinnati Bengals incompetence and futility, with zero playoff wins in the nineteen seasons since the WhoDeyRevolution Godfather, Paul Brown, passed away in 1991 and handed the team to his fortunate son, the Despot, Mike Brown;

Introduction

WE, the members of the Who Dey Revolution, in our fervent dedication to the Cincinnati Bengals and fanatical desire to transform our hometown team into perpetual Super Bowl contenders, call for a popular revolution of fans to demand comprehensive reform to the managerial decisions and approach of Cincinnati Bengals ownership, management, staff and players, and hereby call for the adoption of the following Who Dey Revolution Manifesto:

Manifesto Demands

THAT the Mike Brown, Katie Blackburn, Marvin Lewis, along with every other member of the Bengals management, staff and personnel, state publicly to all Bengals fans, “I will do everything in my power to help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl;”

THAT Mike Brown will hire a general manager, drastically expand the scouting department and relinquish all control of player personnel;

THAT all training, rehabilitation and medical facilities are considered best-in-class compared to other NFL teams;

THAT the management fill the team only with players who fit the system, both mentally and physically, and are not reluctant to makes changes to player personnel when needed, regardless of cost or loyalty concerns;

THAT offensive and defensive line depth is considered the top priority for all player personnel decisions;

THAT all decisions made by ownership, management, staff and players, both on and off the field, are judged only by this criterion: “Does this help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl?”

If there is anything more of a ripoff then watching a Bengals game that matters (i.e. Before they are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs), it is a meaningless Bengals preseason game. The fact that this game is not even close to selling out validates my faith in my fellow Bengals fans. We have been patient for 18 years. Until the Bengals hire a GM, expand their scouting department, let football minds make football decisions and make the other common sense changes that winning teams make, we will not financially support the team.

Will I be cheering on the team like a d-bag all season to win? Of course. But I will be doing so in a way where Mike Brown can not touch any of my money.

Support the Boycott. Tell your friends and family to stop giving Mike Brown their hard earned money until he makes it clear that his goal is to win above all else.

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"Until the Bengals hire a GM, expand their scouting department, let football minds make football decisions and make other common sense changes that winning teams make, we will not financially support the team." I could not have said this better myself and I am doing it-- I am yet another season tickeholder who ditched my tickets on account of Mike F*cking Brown. I think my buddies thought I would cave as the season drew near ... and the slight excitement of Hard Knocks ... but no. MFB is not getting a cent of my money this season; he does not deserve it. I am thrilled to hear about this week's preseason blackout (hopefully) and the home opener blackout (hopefully). WDR continues to make me grin and I shall continue to be faithful to it. Viva!

I must say that although I never intended to support this team financially this year (or any year going forward until i see what consititutes a real attempt to win at all costs), it hurts to (possibly) not be able to watch a game, even a pre season game. Denver will hurt even more.
That won't change the committment level on my part, but sacrifice is HARD! Unless you're the Brownburns and you sacrifice winning ideals for pocket lining, that appears to be easy and natural for those tightwad/selfish/disingenious/pompous assholes that run this team.

I hope it is not a few thousand and the stupid local TV affiliate tries to pull the Browns move by buying up the tickets by splitting with the owner so it can be seen locally too include the Rams game and Denver game. We should not be worried though, MFB won't even dish out the money for Smith so I am sure selling out the games is the last thing on his mind, chump change, right.

As a Saints fan, I just want to say that if you guys buy your Bengals tickets on the secondary market (from scalpers or other fans), you won't be giving Brown any additional money and you can still root for your team.

The only way Brown would get money is if you buy NEW tickets from the box office or Ticketmaster. If you buy them off eBay he's already seen his cut of that money.

So just buy your Bengals tickets off eBay or from a dude on the street corner for half price and sneak in a flask.

Best wishes to you all - this brings back memories of our fight after Katrina when our owner wanted to relocate the Saints to San Antonio.